![[0648] Jelly](/comics/2015-01-08-0648-jelly.png "[0648] Jelly")
- Sandra: You’re really good. Do you play often?
- Luna: Yes, with dad.
- Sandra: You got something to eat? I’m starving.
- Luna: We’ve got bread and jelly. But I doubt you’ll like our brand of jelly.
- Sandra: I’m not a picky eater.
- Luna: Okay.
- Label: I Can Believe It’s Not Jelly!
- Sandra: How much are you getting paid for eating this stuff?
- Luna: $2.95 per jar.
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Nice touch with the label.
That sounds like the kind of stuff I lived off of when I first moved out of my parents house.
Standard reaction after first tasting vegemite!
Not Australian wrote:
Haha, I laughted, and I’m not Australian either!
I really like this Luna character, it’s kind of Sandra to try to befriend her, I hope it turns out well.
I also just saw the Charlie Hebdo-banner, I’m happy to see you recognice this terrible act of terror. Hopefully the murderers will be caught and punished.
@ Not Australian:
@ <a screw you, I LOVE vegemite. Heresy.
But yeah, hate cheap spreads. They taste like dissapointment.
I would eat jelly for money.. :<
This reminds me of my middle school play where a man pretends to be a doctor in order to win a girl’s heart and in the final scene he says, “Darling, I can’t keep anything from you, so I must confess that I am not a real doctor!” Everyone on the scene gasps, and the girl finally says, “You’re a chiropractor?”
Reminds me of the Mothers homemade jam/jelly in Kanon. Lol.
But it has all the necessary nutritients for a teenage girl!
I wonder what kind of game exactly they were playing, by the way. Considering the amount of possible games with a french set of cards, it’s hard to tell what it could be. And whether it further reflects on Luna’s family environment or not.
By the way: Is it marmite?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am6fco14Gi0
Regarding Luna statement that she play card with her father a lot I hope it’s just because they don’t have that many option in the house. The other implication is that his father is a gambling addict and they are poor because of that. If it’s the latter this will be a pretty sad story arc.
Also it looks like the jelly was made by Gru after he quit being a villain.
I can’t believe its not barf!
Sandra, just don’t waste what you asked for…
I just can’t believe it’s not chocolate =3
We are all charlie hebdo. *(Fast of you the support in you logo)
Rayman wrote:
What worries me is the very real prospect that the Mecca-doveners who hadn’t had anything to do with the attack on Charlie Hebdo will experience ground-level popular hostility to the point at which there’s a snap-back of violence in which the Muslims become targets all over France.
Don’t they still celebrate St. Bartholomew’s Day in France?
Deus vult!
Interesting that it’s $2.95 American in the German version as well.
aww the poor baby has to get money… geez, I was expecting that Luna was a bit “underprivileged” when she was being teased for wearing the same outfit over and over again
@ Not Australian:
Then you’re doing it wrong 😛
Seriously, every time I see someone do a “let’s try vegemite!” thing, they always treat it like peanut butter; either lay it on thick, or go at it with a spoon. That is not how you eat vegemite! Spread it thin. Very thin. A little bit goes a long way.
@ Lukkai:
No, it’s from Aldi. =)
I like this new character. Sadly, reminds me of parts of my childhood. 🙁
With goo like that, I can believe it’s not jelly as well.
@ Neutrino:
That’s because, canonically, the strip takes place in the U.S. Midwest, despite the authorship of the strip.
Bacon marmalade: not for everyone no matter how good it sounds in theory.
Getting a bit tired of Sandra being insensitive unawaringly. They have established her as being to smart to not realize Luna’s state of affairs. So for her to keep acting & speaking the way she has been is totally out of character for her. I don’t even think the bully would be mocking Luna for her wearing same things if knew her predicament. She’s bad, at times, but not evil. She’d prolly organize a thing among the girls to get Luna a wardrobe. But yeah, Sandra needs to stop being so blind here.
@ afriend:
Ah, Lidl, Aldi and Iceland. The unholy trifecta of cheap aweful food that are somehow found everywhere you look.
@ Tucci78:
I really hope it doesn’t end up going that far, but Marine Le Pen and her party will definitely take advantage of it and try to make people fear immigration and Muslims even more than before. People must realize it’s not about ordinary Muslims – the ones who act out these crimes are Extremists, and can belong to any religion. They don’t want a society where religious people live together peacefully with eachother and with non-religious people, because a society like that will stand up together against Extremism of all kinds.
This reminds of something that actually happened to me. I came home from school one day and found my mother sitting at the kitchen table. This was rare enough as she was a consumate career woman and being home before 6pm was pretty much unheard of. But what made this memorable was that she was actually crying. Horrified I asked what was wrong and she just kept apologizing. What was she apologizing for? She’d come home early because she was feeling sick and decided to heat up a pot of the generic canned ravioli she’d been buying for the nights I’d have to cook for myself. It was awful, to say the least. I tried to tell her I’d gotten used to it but she thought I was being far too forgiving for never having mentioned how horrible it was.
No, really. That actually happened.
Motorcycle wrote:
I don’t see Sandra as being insensitive or blind here. She’s simply honest. That is much more preferable then trying to hide your discomfort or avoiding or lying about self proclaimed sensitive topics.
That Sandra is staying with Luna and trying to deal with her circumstances is very much like she has been portrayed before. She just never had to deal with a situation like this, so she stumbles from time to time, because sometimes she simply is to honest.
Luna appears to be very self aware of her situation and always a little afraid that it will drive Sandra away. Just look at her nervous gestures and facial expressions. Yet Sandra stays, obviously for several hours, despite all the shortcomings of Lunas household and life circumstances.
@Novil
Great showing with the Charlie Hebdo banner on your page!
@ Motorcycle:
I’m sure that “blind” is the keyword. She doesn’t really know why Luna’s this way and sees this as a more interestingly bad experience. Sandra’s living the American life compared to Luna. I don’t think Sandra’s insensitive, she just doesn’t know this life and finds it very strange.
Is that a horribly itchy, scratchy top that Luna is wearing? Whatever it is, those short perpendicular lines projecting from it can’t indicate anything good. >:=(>
It also doubles as wood glue.
I think Novil is pulling mark zuckerburg on us.
Societal ethical experimentation
I still think that something unexpected will happen…
Greenwood Goat wrote:
Probably Just wool.
@ Rayman:
@ Tucci78:
Even if we are still shocked; we know the difference between radical Islam and Muslims peoples and anybody who try to take advantage of this tragedy will just look ridiculous and uncalled-for. The last interview of Marine Le Pen say the same thing. (and it’s not that I support her; i’m not)
Thanks for your consideration. #jesuischarlie
And no, st Barthelemy is just an historical date, not a celebration. (or was it some kind of humor that my bad translation skill don’t understand ?)
Btw, I love Sandra&Woo
Was naming the girl Luna meant as an homage to Luna Lovegood? They’re both somewhat outcast socially. I hope this Luna also turns out to have surprising depths.
In Soviet Russia jelly buys you
@ Neutrino:
Simple fact: The story is placed in the US, so they pay with $ not € or something else.
I think the lines on her top are to indicate it’s threadbare status. Another indcation of the obvious poverty. I think this current arc is going to delve pretty deep into the issues of poverty and judgment of those around you. Some of the past arcs that have touched on certain things have been a bit hard to read, but I hope that this one will prove as uplifting as the story tends to be.
I just wonder if what they’re eating is that notorious Kentucky Jelly.
Frustrating…. found this strip yesterday and now I’ve caught right up. Now I have to ::gasp:: wait for another strip rather than just clicking for it. Sigh… price of finding a good comic strip, you catch up far too quickly.
Makes you wonder WHAT that jam’s made of…
@ Charles Bowditch:
As a USian, I’m pretty sure it would be high fructose corn syrup; lots and lots of Corn Syrup. We subsidize the stuff here ya know…
For the record, there is a real life brand of margarine of “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” that label is riffing off of. And some people here are paid to try new products (especially medicines) before being released to the public at large.
@ Wormwood:
Seeing as that product was developed in 79 and introduced in 81, I’m pretty sure the “I can’t believe…” phrase is way older than the brand. They probably chose the name for marketing reasons, since the phrase/joke was already established.
I could be wrong though. Could be exactly the other way around. Still, it became a meme long before we had internet memes.
@ AckAckAck:
Haha Yes!
So Gru is paying people to eat his jellies… Not a very good salesman.
@ AckAckAck:
If the Father were a Gambling Addict, he wouldn’t be playing At Home.
He’d be out somewhere tryng to “Win the Big One”.
@ Tucci78:
If you’re not oppressed (or at least under-privileged) due to your beliefs, it’s time to start doubting them.
(And yes, the Catholic power-machine outright has no right to be called a religion.)
@ Luke:
Hey, we have Lidl here and some of its snacks are pretty good, especially when you’re tired of all the regular brands!